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I am a veteran sixth grade reading, language arts, and geography teacher at Tomlin Middle School in Plant City, Florida. Teaching is my calling, and being in class with my "angels" is the best part of my school day. My goal as an educator is to motivate my students to become avid readers and writers, lifelong learners, and lovers of the earth and mankind.

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Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Plate Tectonics with Mrs. Gunn

Mrs. Gunn, my next-door colleague, is an amazing teacher. While my strength in teaching is lecture and discussion, Mrs. Gunn teaches primarily with collaborative groups and hands-on activities. Several times per week we co-teach geography with our homeroom students. One day last week I hosted Mrs. Gunn's class while they illustrated the water cycle in their interactive notebooks, and my students went to her classroom so she could teach them a hands-on lesson about plate tectonics using cake frosting and graham crackers. The best part of the lesson was that at the end they would get to eat their activities. Now that's a way to keep students attentive!

Mrs. Gunn teaches near Sean's table.

An edible activity. Yum!

Aaliyah and Anisha get in the mix.

Mrs. Gunn gave the students the following four definitions for their interactive notebooks:

plate tectonics - the theory that pieces of the earth move and change shapes

Hey Mr.Blount i love your websiteNow i know how to post a commentalso your website it so cooli love the picture of Aaliyah and me getting in the mix I love that picture even though thats the only picture i am in any ways but still i love itTHANKS!!!!! from your goofy student: Anisha Patel ☺